Oceana vs Pineville

A side-by-side comparison of Oceana and Pineville: population, income, housing, and more.

Oceana and Pineville are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oceana has the higher population (1,421 vs 463 in Pineville). Oceana has the higher median household income ($47,548 vs $42,037 in Pineville). Pineville has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $60,800 in Oceana).

Population, income & housing

	Oceana	Pineville
Population	1,421	463
Median age	41.5 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,548	$42,037
Median home value	$60,800	$85,000
Median gross rent	$932	—
Housing units	732	300
Homeownership rate	53.3%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	23.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oceana	Pineville
Population	1,192 → 1,421 (+19.2%)	676 → 463 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$37,361 → $47,548 (+27.3%)	$43,684 → $42,037 (-3.8%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $60,800 (+23.8%)	$82,000 → $85,000 (+3.7%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $932 (+22.6%)	$839 → $839 (+0.0%)

Oceana

Population

1,1921,421

Median household income

$37,361$47,548

Median home value

$49,100$60,800

Median gross rent

$760$932

Pineville

Population

676463

Median household income

$43,684$42,037

Median home value

$82,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$839$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oceana	Pineville
Under 5	0.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	10.9%	9.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	0.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	5.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	24.4%
75 and over	9.9%	29.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oceana	Pineville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oceana	Pineville
No high school diploma	21.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	54.4%	71.4%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oceana	Pineville
Drove alone	72.3%	79.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	0.0%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	7.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oceana	Pineville
1-unit, detached	46.9%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Oceana	Pineville
Poverty rate	27.1%	18.9%
Average household size	2.34	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1978	1956